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The Year of Our Lord 1988

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar27.5Ordained PriestLeopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Bangued, Philippines
2 Mar76.5DiedJan PietraszkoAuxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
51.4InstalledJames Kendrick WilliamsBishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus
3 Mar77.8DiedAndré-Georges BontemsArchbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
60.0DiedMaurus LibabaBishop of Lindi, Tanzania
54.9AppointedJuan Sandoval ÍñiguezCoadjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
4 Mar47.3AppointedJosé María ArancedoAuxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
47.3AppointedJosé María ArancedoTitular Bishop of SelemselaeArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
83.7DiedJames Peter DavisArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
75.9DiedCostantino Trapani, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
6 Mar64.6InstalledLuigi BelloliBishop of Anagni-Alatri, ItalyBishop Emeritus
61.9Ordained BishopDesmond ConnellArchbishop of Dublin, IrelandCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
61.6Ordained BishopSantiago Martínez AcebesBishop of Plasencia, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
29.5Ordained PriestCelso Antônio MarchioriPriest of Curitiba, Parana, BrazilBishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
7 Mar79.8DiedJoël-André-Jean-Marie BellecBishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
8 Mar45.8Ordained BishopFrancis Xavier DiLorenzoTitular Bishop of TigiasBishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
76.1RetiredStephen McGill, P.S.S. †Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
58.7AppointedJohn Aloysius MoneBishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
79.1Died[ Zhao You-min (Chao Yong Ming)]Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
9 Mar82.6DiedJosé de Medeiros DelgadoArchbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
10 Mar50.9AppointedJulio Amílcar Bethancourt FioravantiBishop of Huehuetenango, GuatemalaBishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
56.3AppointedLouis Jean DufauxCoadjutor Bishop of Grenoble, FranceBishop Emeritus
53.0AppointedPierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †Coadjutor Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), FranceBishop Emeritus
23.9Ordained PriestDorival Souza Barreto JúniorPriest of Montes Claros, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
11 Mar66.9InstalledJosé Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-VelascoBishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
12 Mar52.7AppointedLuis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, GuatemalaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.4AppointedMacram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. †Bishop of El Obeid, SudanBishop Emeritus
52.0AppointedNicodemus KirimaBishop of Nyeri, KenyaArchbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
49.1AppointedGabriel MmoleBishop of Mtwara, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
53.5AppointedZacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, ParaguayBishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
53.5AppointedZacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of MinoraBishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
66.8DiedCesare PaganiArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
13 Mar46.4Ordained BishopManual Pelino DominguesTitular Bishop of LemellefaBishop Emeritus of Santarém, Portugal
14 Mar66.0DiedJohn Michael BeahenAuxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
53.7AppointedEugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J. †Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USAArchbishop Emeritus
15 Mar71.7DiedJames Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. †Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
74.0DiedMarcel Evariste Van Rengen, C.J. †Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Mar40.7Ordained BishopRomulo Tolentino de la CruzCoadjutor Bishop of Isabela, PhilippinesArchbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
96.7DiedPatrick Joseph DunneAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
57.8AppointedAdélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P.Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus
71.3DiedGuilford Clyde YoungArchbishop of Hobart, Australia
17 Mar44.8AppointedFranziskus EisenbachAuxiliary Bishop of Mainz, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.8AppointedFranziskus EisenbachTitular Bishop of SigusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
55.8AppointedClément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), FranceBishop Emeritus
74.2DiedThomas MongoBishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
47.3AppointedAndrea MugioneBishop of Cassano all’Jonio, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
43.7DiedHoracio Olave VelandiaPrelate of Tibú, Colombia
18 Mar45.3AppointedGerard BernackiAuxiliary Bishop of Katowice, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
45.3AppointedGerard BernackiTitular Bishop of Oppidum ConsilinumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
51.0AppointedJosef Voß (Voss)Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
51.0AppointedJosef Voß (Voss)Titular Bishop of ThisiduoAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
19 Mar39.0Ordained BishopLeopoldo José Brenes SolórzanoTitular Bishop of MaturbaCardinal, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
28.1Perpetual VowsEdgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D.Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Penonomé, Panama
27.4Solemn VowsElias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAuxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
35.6Ordained BishopMax Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †Titular Bishop of DecorianaAuxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
41.7Ordained BishopJuan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of CoelianaBishop Emeritus of Esteli, Nicaragua
25.9Ordained PriestPeter Michiaki NakamuraPriest of Nagasaki, JapanArchbishop
39.8AppointedTiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Tibú, ColombiaPriest of Order of Friars Preachers
69.2Ordained BishopFranciscus van Roessel, C.I.C.M. †Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus
20 Mar53.3Ordained BishopFrancis LaganTitular Bishop of SidnacestreAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
44.8Ordained BishopGeorges Paul PontierBishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
21 Mar72.8DiedErnest Arthur GreenBishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
29.1Ordained PriestSulpizio Shinzo MoriyamaPriest of Fukuoka, JapanBishop of Oita, Japan
59.1AppointedGilberto Valbuena SánchezBishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Colima, México
40.1AppointedCarlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-LesteApostolic Administrator Emeritus
40.1AppointedCarlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of LoriumApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
23 Mar63.7AppointedEdward Idris CassidySubstitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of StateCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
25 Mar56.1Ordained BishopRaymond James BolandBishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USABishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
49.4Ordained BishopRamón Calderón BatresBishop of Linares, Nuevo León, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
30.0Ordained PriestAdolfo Ramón CanecínPriest of Formosa, ArgentinaBishop of Goya, Argentina
52.6Ordained BishopAntonio Ceballos AtienzaBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, SpainBishop Emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
75.4RetiredHenri Clément Victor DonzeBishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, FranceBishop Emeritus
39.6AppointedWolfgang HaasCoadjutor Bishop of Chur, SwitzerlandArchbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
30.6Ordained DeaconGérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.Deacon of Secular Institute of Pius XCardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
60.6AppointedJuan Ignacio Larrea HolguínCoadjutor Archbishop of Guayaquil, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus
64.4DiedThomas William LyonsAuxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
64.3SucceededJean Yves Marie SahuquetBishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, FranceBishop Emeritus
51.5Ordained BishopRocco TalucciBishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
26 Mar86.7DiedBaltasar Álvarez RestrepoBishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
23.7Ordained DeaconMartin James ChambersDeacon of Galloway, Scotland, Great BritainBishop-Elect of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
39.6Ordained BishopRigoberto Corredor BermúdezTitular Bishop of RusguniaeBishop of Pereira, Colombia
82.5DiedPedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
57.9Ordained BishopAdélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P.Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus
28 Mar85.3Ordained BishopMathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun)Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
30 Mar51.4AppointedRoger ÉbacherBishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
58.9AppointedVicente García BernalBishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
47.6AppointedEmery Kabongo KanundowiApostolic Administrator of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
87.0DiedPietro Maleddu, O.F.M. Conv. †Prefect Emeritus of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
67.6DiedImre TimkóBishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), HungaryBishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
31 Mar55.3AppointedFranz GraveAuxiliary Bishop of Essen, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.3AppointedFranz GraveTitular Bishop of TingariaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
74.4DiedVincent Madeley HarrisBishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
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